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MIT Alum Books Podcast: How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap
Can you make a Jello laser? Why are cats' eyes reflective? In his recently published book How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap, published by Oxford University Press in the fall, Stephen Wilk provides dozens of inquiries into the world of optics. In this podcast fr
Making Waves (Alumni Books Podcast)
Whether after tsunamis in Japan and Indonesia, hu…
MIT Alumni Books Podcast: How Radio Saved Downton Abbey
Shundana Yusaf SM ’01 discusses her new book, Broadcasting Buildings:Â Architecture on the Wireless, 1927-1945 (MIT Press, 2014).
MIT Alumni Books Podcast: Irrationality in Health Care
Douglas Hough ’71 discusses his new book, Irrationality in Health Care, What Behavioral Economics Reveals About What We Do and Why in this podcast from the MIT Alumni Association.
MIT Alumni Books Podcast: How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap
In his recently published book How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap, published by Oxford University Press in the fall, Stephen Wilk provides dozens of inquiries into the world of optics. In this podcast from the MIT Alumni Association, he discusses his fascination